How to pay visa fee in Senegal? [split topic]

[Justino38 1]

Im trying to pay the visa fee 265usd but when I enter ustraveldocs and select Africa there is no Senegal in the list of country. Pls those of that have gone through Senegal processing how did you pay the visa fee? 

[TBoneTX 45,266]

The above post was split from an old, unrelated thread in another forum.

[green_rabbit 69]

13 hours ago, Justino38 said:

Im trying to pay the visa fee 265usd but when I enter ustraveldocs and select Africa there is no Senegal in the list of country. Pls those of that have gone through Senegal processing how did you pay the visa fee? 

You sign up here to schedule an interview : https://ais.usvisa-info.com/fr-sn/iv

 

The site will give you instructions on how to pay in person at EcoBank.

[green_rabbit 69]

13 hours ago, Justino38 said:

 

You will find this site helpful too: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/DKR-Dakar.html#pre_interview_checklist

[Justino38 1]

4 hours ago, green_rabbit said:

You sign up here to schedule an interview : https://ais.usvisa-info.com/fr-sn/iv

 

The site will give you instructions on how to pay in person at EcoBank.

Thanks alot. I thought k1 visa is non immigrants visa, the link you sent is IV. Which should I enter IV or NIV? 

[Just Paul 4,595]

7 hours ago, Justino38 said:

Thanks alot. I thought k1 visa is non immigrants visa, the link you sent is IV. Which should I enter IV or NIV? 

K1 is handled as an Immigrant VISA (Dual Intent)

[Justino38 1]

1 minute ago, Paul & Mary said:

K1 is handled as an Immigrant VISA (Dual Intent) okay. So how do my fiance in the US upload the civil required documents and fill the affidavit of support form online and also pay the fees? 

 

[Just Paul 4,595]

6 minutes ago, Justino38 said:

 

You might want to have him familiarize himself with the guide on this site.  He will supply you with the I-134 to take to the interview. 

[green_rabbit 69]

6 hours ago, Justino38 said:

okay. So how do my fiance in the US upload the civil required documents and fill the affidavit of support form online and also pay the fees? 

For a K1 there is nothing to upload. You fill out the DS160 form on the site I linked above before you can schedule an interview.

You bring the required documents along with the i-134 from the US citizen for financial support with you to the interview, where they will look at them during/after the interview.

 

The fees must be paid in person at an EcoBank branch, along with a print-out of the receipt that you'll get from the interview-scheduling site. There is at least one money transfer app (Xoom) which allows pick-up at EcoBank, if you're not comfortable carrying that much cash around. 

 

Also, it helps others on the site give you advice if you fill out your timeline. That also helps others know when they might expect their own approval to come. 

Edited September 5, 2021 by green_rabbit

[Justino38 1]

34 minutes ago, green_rabbit said:

For a K1 there is nothing to upload. You fill out the DS160 form on the site I linked above before you can schedule an interview.

You bring the required documents along with the i-134 from the US citizen for financial support with you to the interview, where they will look at them during/after the interview.

 

The fees must be paid in person at an EcoBank branch, along with a print-out of the receipt that you'll get from the interview-scheduling site. There is at least one money transfer app (Xoom) which allows pick-up at EcoBank, if you're not comfortable carrying that much cash around. 

 

Also, it helps others on the site give you advice if you fill out your timeline. That also helps others know when they might expect their own approval to come. 

Thank you so much. This is my first time applying and Senegal processing is kinda different. Tomorrow i will file in the ds 160 and pay the fee. I will fill the timeline, thanks again. 

[green_rabbit 69]

4 hours ago, Justino38 said:

Thank you so much. This is my first time applying and Senegal processing is kinda different. Tomorrow i will file in the ds 160 and pay the fee. I will fill the timeline, thanks again. 

No problem! There aren't as many people going through Senegal, and not many of them on this site are K1s so it's hard to find out how to do things. Plus if you find people's posts from years back, the process has changed since then. One semi-benefit of COVID is that my fiance did all the pre-interview stuff before his interview got cancelled, then had to do it over again once the embassy reopened, so we got some extra experience that way. 😂

Best of luck, and feel free to ask here or in the big Dakar thread in the Sub-Saharan Africa forum for help. 

Random note: I'm jealous you live in Queens. I left Brooklyn in 2018 and I miss it horribly. 

[Justino38 1]

4 hours ago, green_rabbit said:

No problem! There aren't as many people going through Senegal, and not many of them on this site are K1s so it's hard to find out how to do things. Plus if you find people's posts from years back, the process has changed since then. One semi-benefit of COVID is that my fiance did all the pre-interview stuff before his interview got cancelled, then had to do it over again once the embassy reopened, so we got some extra experience that way. 😂

Best of luck, and feel free to ask here or in the big Dakar thread in the Sub-Saharan Africa forum for help. 

Random note: I'm jealous you live in Queens. I left Brooklyn in 2018 and I miss it horribly. 

Yes thanks if I have any questions i will ask. I created my account on the site under non immigrants visa NIV but found out K1-Visa is not on the visa class, they say to call or email if my visa class is not on the list. 

[Justino38 1]

8 hours ago, green_rabbit said:

No problem! There aren't as many people going through Senegal, and not many of them on this site are K1s so it's hard to find out how to do things. Plus if you find people's posts from years back, the process has changed since then. One semi-benefit of COVID is that my fiance did all the pre-interview stuff before his interview got cancelled, then had to do it over again once the embassy reopened, so we got some extra experience that way. 😂

Best of luck, and feel free to ask here or in the big Dakar thread in the Sub-Saharan Africa forum for help. 

Random note: I'm jealous you live in Queens. I left Brooklyn in 2018 and I miss it horribly. 

I'm trying to fill in the form ds 160 but after i save my application and try to retrieve it, it's not working keep saying first 5 letters and birth year not correct 🤦🤦🤦, have tried over and over again but still no way. I don't know what else to do bcos my details are correct 

[green_rabbit 69]

8 hours ago, Justino38 said:

Yes thanks if I have any questions i will ask. I created my account on the site under non immigrants visa NIV but found out K1-Visa is not on the visa class, they say to call or email if my visa class is not on the list. 

It's processed as an immigrant visa.

[green_rabbit 69]

3 hours ago, Justino38 said:

I'm trying to fill in the form ds 160 but after i save my application and try to retrieve it, it's not working keep saying first 5 letters and birth year not correct 🤦🤦🤦, have tried over and over again but still no way. I don't know what else to do bcos my details are correct 

Weird. And the application has for sure arrived at the embassy from NVC? I'd email the embassy.